{"product_id":"9780141192802-crime-and-punishment","title":"Crime and Punishment","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWill I really slip in sticky, warm blood, force the lock, steal, tremble, hide, all soaked in blood. axe in hand?. Lord, will I really? This is the translation of author's 'psychological record of a crime' which gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged and fevered atmosphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A truly great translation . This English version really is better' - A. N. Wilson, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT \u003c\/i\u003eBOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow and made his name in 1846 with the novella \u003ci\u003ePoor Folk\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent several years in prison in Siberia as a result of his political activities, an experience which formed the basis of \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. In later life, he fell in love with a much younger woman and developed a ruinous passion for roulette. His subsequent great novels include \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Ready is Research Fellow in Russian Society and Culture at St Antony's College, Oxford. He is general editor of the anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Ties of Blood: Russian Literature from the 21st Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and Consultant Editor for Russia, Central and Eastern Europe at the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30363402109025,"sku":"9780141192802","price":9.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32398897.jpg?v=1737227966","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141192802-crime-and-punishment","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}